Boston Celtics: Evaluating their young players at the mid-way point

Romeo Langford

Despite Romeo Langford being injured more often than not so far during his Celtics career, there are still some positive things that we’ve seen from the young 21 year old and first round pick from a season ago.

The most attractive thing about Langford is that he has a unique ability to get himself to the basket and that’s something that coach Stevens enjoys about the young wingman. He just needs to become a more consistent finisher when he does so.

We’ve seen Langford have some positive moments for the Celtics during his rookie season. However, Langford thrived and shined during the seven games he played in the G-League with the Maine Red Claws and went on to average 10.6 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game while shooting 43.1 percent from the field.

After a delayed start to his rookie year, we didn’t expect Langford to be much of an asset on defense as he is anticipated to be on offense. However, it’s fair to say that Langford’s defensive efforts surprised us all last season.

Langford’s defensive efforts were so good that he went from playing in the G-League to rehab and work on transitioning into the NBA, to guarding LeBron James in an intense and meaningful game last February.

In the video above, you can see that while guarding James, Langford kept his hands active and actually stripped the ball out of James’ hands. But James is so seasoned and talented that he was able to regain control and finish for what looked like an easy bucket for him.

The most important thing Langford can do for the Boston Celtics and his career is to just stay healthy and finish a season. With the loss of Gordon Hayward there’s plenty of room for Langford to earn more playing time this season.